Alright, you're all freaking idiots, and I'm going to tear apart basically every post that's come on this thread since the beginning because next to none of you understand...well...anything.
ave you ever jumped off a building?
first off, try it
second, the same principles apply. when you're free falling, yes, that's true, your other leg should float, but when there's a ground rushing up towards you (because that's what happens, not the other way around), your "floating" leg surely won't be floating anymore. this is because there's a little thing called a "ground", it is pushing up so fast you feel that you're getting pulled down onto it, your entire body, not just one leg and the other magically floating up, your entire theory is hogwash
Congratulations, you've failed Physics 101. You're assuming (wrongly) that I'm talking about free fall. I'm not. See, the way I explained, you're still standing on the ground, so let's assume the earth is rushing up to me at 9.8 m/s/s, I'm still standing on the ground, therefore my entire body is experiencing the same acceleration,
including my upraised leg, in this case, my leg wouldn't "fall" to the ground, because it would be moving at the same rate as the ground is. Your entire post was hogwash.
Now, I can tolerate this idiot trying to disprove this by completely misinterpretting it, that's what they do. But then Crass comes in, not to point out the obvious flaw, but to prove that he too has failed Physics 101.
Alright so if the world is magically flat, and is rushing up at us at 9.8 meters per second, then explain why objects accelerate when falling.
Because they clearly state in their view of gravity that its travelling upwards at 9.8 m/s/s, which causes acceleration. In fact, I fucking stated that in my post, it didn't even require you to do research! Christ...
i dont know but i love reading your posts 6strings, i think you are very intelligent.
Thank you, I retract my statement about you being a moron, just think before you post.
Next...
You say that terminal velocity occurs because of the friction of air. First of all, there is no such thing as friction of air-- you may be referring to air resistance.
Aren't synonyms fun kids? They're are, as Cras will point out later, the same thing, don't try to trump him by correcting him, especially if you can't do it.
he has a point, if you expect me to believe in this round-earth rubbish, at least explain objects going upwards and not flying off?
Again, for all you flat-earthers who don't understand gravity, the reason thing go up and don't fly off is because of gravity. You'll notice how airplanes have to constantly exert enough force to overcome gravity while they're in the air? Yes, the could hypothetically fly off, but they'd have to exert a lot more force.
here's your proof, you say that "gravity" is affected by larger masses, well, isn't your "sun" a larger mass than the earth? if so, why does the ball you toss up into the air not fly directly and stick to the sun?
diss-proven
You're right...it's almost like we're somehow closer to the earth and therefore more affected by its gravitational pull than the sun which is so far away.
diss-prov...no wait, that just sounds stupid...
navak, im not even going to argue with you. you have totally stunned me with ur brillant insight. gravity is in fact a lie.
crass, this sounds like the kind of thing I'd say, except I would have actually proven that he was in fact wrong. I know you're trying, but now you're just baiting him without disproving him, a definate no-no in arguments.
Alright, we can skip the next few posts, because they basically just bitch and moan at each other without actually making valid points (again guys, unless you've got something relevant to the topic, don't say anything)
Then Mundi comes along, great guy (or girl) that Mundi. And anyway, to paraphrase, basically says:
A)Navigaiton is based on the assumption of a round earth
B)Correct navigation works
Ergo, the earth is round.
While this is a valid point, I was hoping Mundi would point out why bascaly all the posts prior to his were full of holes.
And then yay, the two idiots, ShorD143 and navak37, continue their little pissing war with Crass, even though he's clearly stated he's going to bed.
Then navak37 has the audacity to say
your only fault, mundi, is trusting what you've heard
Without providing anything to back this up, or any foundation upon which this argument is based.
Good job, your posts are a waste of space.
And then Major Tom has the good sense to show navak37 the hypocricy of his statement.
Right, so in conclusion, nearly none of you know what the hell you're talking about, more pointedly, ShorD143 and navak37, you've not only failed to disprove my original point but also somehow managed, in all your posts to say nothing meaningful that would contribute to this argument.
Now again, could anyone please try to show me why my original theory was wrong? Because clearly, those two idiots couldn't.